Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

एवमंशाश्च त्यायाश्चत्वारः कल्पिताः सुरैः । निवासमकरोत्सद्यस्तेषुतेषु द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

evamaṃśāśca tyāyāścatvāraḥ kalpitāḥ suraiḥ | nivāsamakarotsadyasteṣuteṣu dvijottamāḥ

Translation

Assim, os deuses conceberam quatro porções e as correspondentes atribuições; e de pronto, ó melhor dos duas-vezes-nascidos, eles passaram a residir nessas moradas respectivas.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• अंशाः: parts/shares
• अंशाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Masculine nominative plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• त्यायाः: of expiation/penance (reading uncertain)
• त्यायाः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचन/प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Genitive singular or nominative plural; context suggests genitive ‘of expiation/penance’ but reading uncertain)

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Masculine nominative plural; numeral)

• कल्पिताः: were devised/arranged
• कल्पिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्पित (कृदन्त; √कॢप् (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Masculine nominative plural); क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-बहुवचन (Masculine instrumental plural)

• निवासम्: dwelling/residence
• निवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (Masculine accusative singular)

• अकरोत्: made/established
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (immediacy adverb)

• तेषु: in those
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-बहुवचन (Locative plural pronominal)

• तेषु: in each of those
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-बहुवचन (Locative plural pronominal; repetition for distributive sense)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: the best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Masculine nominative plural)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style frame within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (with four associated abodes implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottama (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The gods apportion four shares and designate four abodes; the ‘best of twice-born’ is addressed as the narrative zooms out from dialogue to a schematic sacred map of residences.

Characters & Entities

• Sura (Gods)
• Dvijottama (best of twice-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos is depicted as morally structured: even heavy transgressions are managed through divinely ordered allocations that restore balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse is structural-mythic; the larger Kedārakhaṇḍa context links such order to sacred geography and purification around Kedāra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a divine arrangement and the taking of designated ‘residences’ by the allotted portions.